Whitemouth shiner
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| Whitemouth shiner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Genus: | Miniellus |
| Species: | M. alborus
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| Binomial name | |
| Miniellus alborus (C. L. Hubbs & Raney, 1947)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Notropis alborus C. L. Hubbs & Raney, 1947 | |
The whitemouth shiner (Miniellus alborus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] It is native to the eastern United States, where it occurs in the Piedmont in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.[1][3]
The species was described in 1947 from a creek that joins the Deep River in Randolph County, North Carolina.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b NatureServe (2013). "Notropis alborus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202280A18231874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202280A18231874.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Miniellus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Notropis alborus. FishBase. 2011.
- ^ Hubbs, C. L. and E. C. Raney. (1947). Notropis alborus, a new cyprinid fish from North Carolina and Virginia. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology 498, 1-17.